Editorial: Labour's instability recipe
Monetary policy is always contentious when the dollar is high, and at the moment it is very high.
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Welfare reforms pass first reading
The bill pushing ahead with the Government's second wave of welfare reforms passed its first reading in Parliament today.
Sports major gainer from pokies
New Zealand's most popular sports have taken nearly $1 billion in gambling proceeds in the last seven years, records show.
'The jobs just are not there'
Jack Daylight came to protest against welfare reform because he wants a job. He was arrested yesterday outside the Ministry of Social Development's office in Auckland.
Reforms target benefit 'trap'
The Government's latest welfare reforms will help get people out of the "trap" of benefit dependency, Social Development Minister Paula Bennett says.
'One strike' rule for beneficiaries
Second bill in welfare reform cancels payments for those who refuse offer of 'suitable' job.
Welfare reforms introduced
Legislation introducing an "investment approach'' to welfare has been signed off by the Cabinet and will go before a select committee after its first reading in Parliament.
Tapu Misa: Precious little sense on Planet Paula
Cost should not be only driver of social policies; principles matter, too, writes Tapu Misa.
Ann David: When intention is key
Anyone who can understand the difference between rape and lovemaking can understand the difference between killing and compassionate assistance to die, writes Ann David.
Job losses leave town battling to survive
Kawerau has one of the country's highest proportion of beneficiaries, with 1725 of its 6921 residents receiving some kind of assistance.
Benefit ‘no excuse for hard line’
The Finance Minister denies the Government will use a $78 billion valuation of the lifelong cost of benefits as an excuse to get the public to buy into a harder line on welfare.
Bennett out-nannies Labour
Dr Andrew Cardow says Paula Bennett appears to be working under the belief that beneficiaries do not have the wherewithal to decide what is best for their children.
Being Kiwi: Fighting to beat poverty
The Herald continues its series looking at our changing National identity. Today, those aged 20 - 39, the children of Rogernomics.
Fear over beneficiary child changes
Early childhood experts are in shock after a government decision to make education compulsory from the age of 3 for children of welfare beneficiaries.
Che Guevara's daughter tries to protect image
Che Guevara's daughter, Aleida Guevara, says 'sometimes people know what he stands for, sometimes not'.
Breakfast is not too much to ask
Editorial: A simple breakfast is not much to ask and should be provided for all children who need it. But if it is to be public funded, the food should be distributed by agencies that know a community.
Vote now: Should beneficiaries be drug tested?
Drug testing of beneficiaries comes in next year, with penalties for those who fail. What's your view on the government's policy?
John Key on rise of youth suicide rates
Prime Minister John Key said youth suicide statistics released today were damning and the Government needed to do better.